On Thursday, May 28, 2021 at the House Financial Services Committee, the top US bank CEOs faced heated questions on climate and racial justice from Reps. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Chuy Garcia. Ahead of the briefing, Stop the Money Pipeline, Action Center on Race & the Economy and others held a press briefing […]
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Music by The Peace Poets @thepeacepoets Find more at MovementMusic.org Art by: Isaac Murdoch @bomgiizhik Crystal Clarity @msclarity83 Jan Burger @paperhandpuppet Dio Cramer @dioishh Kill Joy Mall @kill.joy.mall To download this and other songs, lyrics song sheet and download the art designs go to DEFUND LINE 3 ART KIT: bit.ly/line3artkit
SAN FRANCISCO – Beginning Thursday May 6 5:00pm PDT, Stop the Money Pipeline is organizing a #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action (May 7) with protests at bank branches in Japan, Switzerland, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, the UK, Holland, France and Canada, as well as about 50 cities in the U.S. The actions aim to pressure […]
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Since the #DefundLine3 campaign launched in February, bank executives have received more than 700,000 emails, 7,000 calendar invites and 3,000 phone calls, demanding that they stop funding Line 3. There have been protests at bank branches in 16 states. Collectively, we’ve raised more than $70,000 for those on the frontlines. Now, we’re pulling all of that […]
Blog post, In The News
Canadian Energy Regulator Approves Trans Mountain’s Request to Keep Insurers’ Identities Secret
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Coalition Denounces Decision, Pledges to Ramp Up Pressure on Remaining Insurers to Cut Ties with Trans Mountain “A project which can only be insured secretly has lost its social license to operate.” April 29, 2021 – Today, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved Trans Mountain’s request to hide the names of the companies providing insurance […]
Emma in MN, “I’m calling on you to stand in solidarity with the Line 3 resistance movement by planning an action for the #DefundLine3 global day of action on May 7th! Last October, I planned my first protest at a Chase Bank with other students from my college in Minnesota who are involved with the movement […]
Blog post, In The News, Press Release
New Treasury Climate Counselor Must Act Immediately to Address Climate Financial Risk
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Today, members of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition reacted to the news of John E. Morton’s appointment to serve as Climate Counselor to Secretary Janet Yellen and to lead the Treasury Department’s new Climate Hub by emphasizing the urgency with which Morton and all financial regulators must act to address the systemic risk of […]
Blog post, In The News, Take Action, Webinar
The WOW (and HOW) of Shareholder Season: A Guide for Activists
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Learn how you can engage in shareholder season! Every spring, huge corporations open their doors to their investors, especially their largest investors—huge asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard. Their investors tell them what to do — and they must respond. Watch this recording of “The WOW (and HOW) of Shareholder Season: A Guide for Activists” […]
We just raised $30,000 for The Centre for Protest Law’s Line 3 work representing hundreds of Line 3 resisters! As the weather and the fight to #StopLine3 in northern Minnesota heats up it’s crucial we support the frontlines. If you can’t be there, donate now.
Once again, JPMorgan Chase has maintained its position as the world’s #1 banker of climate chaos, funneling $317 BILLION into dirty fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement. In the last five years alone, Chase has dumped well over a quarter TRILLION dollars into fossil fuels, continuing to fuel the flames of climate destruction. Learn more […]